Recent content by barncat_dad

And those are just the confirmed ones. How many feral cats have eaten contaminated birds or drunk from dairy runoff and died where nobody ever tested them? The real number is way higher than 130. We use to find dead ferals on our property all the time and never knew what killed them.

6.6 million from a foreign government to compete against your own country. I don't care how you spin it, that's a problem. If she wants to ski for China that's her right I guess, but don't pretend it's about culture or identity when there's a 6.6 million dollar check involved.

I was in the Gulf in the 90s. Two carrier groups is not a bluff; that's a statement. If Iran doesn't take this seriously they're going to learn the hard way what happened last time wasn't the ceiling.

One low cost spay neuter clinic for the entire county is ridiculous. You can't solve a feral cat problem with one clinic and some volunteers. That's like trying to bail out a boat with a coffee cup. The city needs to fund this properly or accept that the problem is going to keep getting worse.

I've seen servals at wildlife sanctuaries and they are beautiful animals but they are not house cats. The bite force alone should tell you that. If one of those got cornered by someone's dog in that neighborhood it could have ended real bad for the dog. Lucky nobody got hurt.

Raw milk folks are a different breed. Pun intended. I grew up on a farm and we use to drink raw milk sometimes but that was from our own cows and we knew exactly what they had and didn't have. Buying raw milk from a commercial operation during a bird flu outbreak and feeding it to your cats is...

73 cats in a truck with no ventilation; I've seen some bad situations with feral's on the property but nothing like this. The part about one being partially consumed really got me. These hoarder types always say they love the animals but if you loved something you wouldn't let it starve to death...

this is sad all around but Im gonna say what everyones thinking; why did he have 300 cats. thats not a rescue thats a hoarding situation with a nicer name. I feel for the guy genuinely I do; nobody deserves to die in a fire. but 300 cats in one place is a disaster waiting to happen and it...

140 million is just what they bring home too; I read somewhere that cats only bring back like a third of what they actually kill. so the real number could be 400 million plus. thats in a country smaller than oregon. I love britain but theyve got a real blind spot with cats; everyone just lets...

kea are mountain parrots so youve gotta think about where the cats are getting to them; these arent city pigeons theyre alpine birds. that means cats are going way up into habitat that should be wilderness. feral cats will walk miles for territory; I had one tom that would disappear for three...

300K from a cat bite; now thats something. I've been bit more times than I can count dealing with ferals and never thought much of it beyond some peroxide and maybe a tetanus shot. guess I got lucky. but the landlord thing makes total sense to me; cat pee soaks into subfloor and youll never get...

this is why I never let the barn cats inside even when its below freezing; people think Im mean about it but cats jump on everything. stove counters tables doesnt matter. my wifes friend had a cat turn on a gas burner by walking across it and they were lucky they woke up to the smell. I keep...

zero laws makes sense for texas honestly; I mean half the counties out here dont even have leash laws for dogs. but the thing about feral cats is nobody owns them so who do you even hold responsible. thats the trick. with my barn cats at least I take some responsibility; vaccines and such. a...

so alley cat allies is a nonprofit yeah; I looked into them a few years back when I was dealing with the barn situation and honestly their whole model is just maintain colonies forever and ever. they dont actually solve anything. had a buddy in maryland near their HQ tell me the same thing; they...

june deadline; thats 4 months to end a war thats been going on for 4 years. seems optimistic to put it mildly. and the part about refusing to sign security guarantees until everything else is done; if i was ukraine id want that guarantee first too. the whole 'we stand where we stand' line from...